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Ethnic Composition of Georgia

1926 - 2014

Infographics are designed and compiled by the Centre for the studies of ethnicity and multiculturalism October, 2016

1/12 CSEM Census 1926

Georgians 1,788,186 67.06% 307,018 11.51% Turks* 137,921 5.17% 113,298 4.25% Total population 2,666,494 96,085 3.60% 56,847 2.13% Greeks 54,051 2.03% Jews 30,534 1.15% Ukrainians 14,356 0.54% 6.27% Germans 12,074 0.45% 2.13% Yezids 2,262 0.08% 4.25% 7,955 0.30% Turks 3.60% Ottoman Turks 3,810 0.14% 1 0.00% Armenians Lezgins 3,420 0.13% 11.51% 3,159 0.12% Russians Assyrians 2,904 0.11% Iranians 2,220 0.08% 5.17% Ossetians Estonians 871 0.03% Hemshins 625 0.02% 67.06% Belorussians 540 0.02% Abkhazians Latvians 363 0.01% 283 0.01% Other Bulgarians 160 0.01% groups Czechs 143 0.01% Moldovans 142 0.01% Roms 70 0.00% Udins 5 0.00% Other groups 27,191 1.02%

* Figures include Azeris and 2/12 CSEM Census 1939

Georgians 2,173,922 61.41% Armenians 415,013 11.72% Total population 3,540,023 Russians 308,684 8.72% Azeris 188,058 5.31% Ossetians 147,677 4.17% Greeks 84,636 2.39% Abkhazians 57,805 1.63% Ukrainians 45,595 1.29% 6.27% Georgians Jews 42,300 1.19% 2.39% Germans 20,527 0.58% 4.17% Azeris Kurds 12,915 0.36% Turks 4,950 0.14% 8.72% Armenians Assyrians 4,707 0.13% Avars 114 0.00% Russians Lezgins 4,481 0.13% Poles 3,167 0.09% 61.41% Estonians 2,498 0.07% 11.72% Ossetians Belorussians 1,796 0.05% Moldovans 1,511 0.04% 5.31% Greeks Bulgarians 1,268 0.04% Iranians 1,150 0.03% Other Roms 727 0.02% groups Latvians 467 0.01% Lithuanians 342 0.01% Czechs 183 0.01% Other groups 15,530 0.44%

3/12 CSEM Census 1959

Georgians 2,600,588 64.31% Armenians 442,916 10.95% Russians 407,886 10.09% Total population 4,044,045 Azeris 153,600 3.80% Ossetians 141,178 3.49% Greeks 72,938 1.80% Abkhazians 62,878 1.55% Ukrainians 52,236 1.29% 5.56% Georgians Jews 51,582 1.28% 1.80% Kurds 16,212 0.40% 3.49% Belorussians 5,152 0.13% Azeris Assyrians 5,005 0.12% 10.09% Avars 585 0.01% Armenians Lezgins 4,030 0.10% Poles 2,702 0.07% Russians Moldovans 2,630 0.07% 10.95% Germans 2,259 0.06% Ossetians Estonians 2,148 0.05% 64.31% Turks 1,411 0.03% 3.80% Bulgarians 1,163 0.03% Greeks Roms 1,024 0.03% Latvians 606 0.01% Other Lithuanians 513 0.01% groups Udins 422 0.01% Czechs 203 0.01% Iranians 73 0.00% Other groups 12,105 0.30%

4/12 CSEM Census 1970

Georgians 3,130,741 66.81% Armenians 452,309 9.65% Total population 4,686,358 Russians 396,694 8.46% Azeris 217,758 4.65% Ossetians 150,185 3.20% Greeks 89,246 1.90% Abkhazians 79,449 1.70% Jews Georgians 55,382 1.18% 1.90% 5.32% Ukrainians 49,622 1.06% 3.20% Kurds 20,690 0.44% Azeris Belorussians 6,149 0.13% 8.46% Assyrians 5,617 0.12% Armenians Avars 450 0.01% Lezgins 3,650 0.08% Poles 2,565 0.05% 9.65% Russians Moldovans 2,417 0.05% Germans 2,317 0.05% Ossetians 4.65% Estonians 2,108 0.04% 66.81% Roms 1,224 0.03% Greeks Bulgarians 889 0.02% Turks 853 0.02% Latvians 828 0.02% Other groups Lithuanians 822 0.02% 232 0.00% Udins 154 0.00% Iranians 64 0.00% Other groups 14,021 0.30%

5/12 CSEM Census 1979

Georgians 3,433,011 68.75% Armenians 448,000 8.97% Total population 4,993,182 Russians 371,608 7.44% Azeris 255,678 5.12% Ossetians 160,497 3.21% Greeks 95,105 1.90% Abkhazians 85,285 1.71% Georgians Ukrainians 45,036 0.90% 1.90% 4.59% Jews 28,298 0.57% 3.21% Kurds 25,688 0.51% Azeris Belorussians 5,702 0.11% 7.44% Assyrians 5,286 0.11% Armenians Avars 3,680 0.07% 8.97% Lezgins 768 0.02% Moldovans 2,392 0.05% Russians Poles 2,200 0.04% Germans 2,093 0.04% 5.12% Ossetians Estonians 1,625 0.03% 68.75% Roms 1,223 0.02% Greeks Turks 917 0.02% Lithuanians 603 0.01% Latvians 601 0.01% Other groups Bulgarians 600 0.01% Udins 320 0.01% Czechs 99 0.00% Iranians 91 0.00% Other groups 16,776 0.34%

6/12 CSEM Census 1989

Georgians 3,787,393 70.13% Armenians 437,211 8.10% Total population 5,400,841 Russians 341,172 6.32% Azeris 307,556 5.69% Ossetians 164,055 3.04% Greeks 100,324 1.86% Abkhazians 95,853 1.77% Ukrainians 52,443 0.97% 1.86% 4.87% Georgians Kurds 33,331 0.62% 3.04% Jews 24,795 0.46% Azeris 6.32% Belorussians 8,595 0.16% Assyrians 6,206 0.11% Armenians Avars 4,230 0.08% 8.10% Lezgins 720 0.01% Moldovans 2,842 0.05% Russians Estonians 2,316 0.04% 5.69% Poles 2,014 0.04% Ossetians Roms 1,744 0.03% Germans 1,546 0.03% 70.13% Greeks Turks 1,375 0.03% Lithuanians 977 0.02% Other Bulgarians 671 0.01% groups Latvians 530 0.01% Iranians 123 0.00% Czechs 101 0.00% Udins 93 0.00% Other groups 22,625 0.42%

7/12 CSEM Census 2002

Georgians 3,661,173 83.75% Azeris 284,761 6.51% Armenians 248,929 5.69% Total population 4,371,535 Russians 67,671 1.55% Ossetians 38,028 0.87% Yezids 18,329 0.42% 0.42% Kurds 2,514 0.06% 0.87% 1.20% Greeks 15,166 0.35% 1.55% Kists 7,110 0.16% Georgians Ukrainians 7,039 0.16% 5.69% Jews 3,772 0.09% Abkhazians 3,527 0.08% 6.51% Azeris Assyrians 3,299 0.08% Avars 1,996 0.05% Armenians Lezgins 44 0.00% Poles 870 0.02% Russians Moldovans 864 0.02% Germans 651 0.01% Ossetians Belorussians 542 0.01% Roms 472 0.01% 83.75% Turks 441 0.01% Yezids Udins 203 0.00% Bulgarians 138 0.00% Other Lithuanians 134 0.00% groups Latvians 91 0.00% Estonians 59 0.00% Iranians 46 0.00% Czechs 46 0.00% Population census in 2002 was not conducted in and South Ossetia (Except for Other groups 3,620 0.08% Akhalgori district, Didi and Patara Liakhvi Gorges and Upper Abkhazia) 8/12 CSEM Census 2014

Georgians 3,224,564 86.83% Azeris 233,024 6.27% Armenians 168,102 4.53% Total Population 3,713,804 Russians 26,453 0.71% Ossetians 14,385 0.39% Yezids 12,174 0.33% 0.33% 0.39% Kurds 1,596 0.04% 0.95% Ukrainians 6,034 0.16% 0.71% Kists 5,697 0.15% 4.53% Georgians Greeks 5,544 0.15% Assyrians 2,377 0.06% 6.27% Turks 1,663 0.04% Azeris Jews 1,405 0.04% Avars 1,060 0.03% Armenians Abkhazians 864 0.02% Moldovans 770 0.02% Russians Poles 740 0.02% Roms 604 0.02% Ossetians Germans 438 0.01% Belorussians 431 0.01% 86.83% Udins 174 0.00% Yezids Bulgarians 98 0.00% Lithuanians 98 0.00% Other / Not Latvians 81 0.00% specified Estonians 47 0.00% Czechs 37 0.00% Other groups 4,240 0.11% Refuse / Not specified 1,104 0.03% Population census in 2014 was not conducted in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

9/12 Dynamic of the Number of Population According to the CSEM Censuses of 1926 - 2014

Total population Georgians OtherOther groups ethnic groups 6000000

5400841 5000000 4993182 4686358 4371535 4000000 4044045 3661173 3713804 3540023 3787393 3433011 3130741 3224564 3000000 2666494 2600588

2173922 2000000 1788186 1613448 1443457 1555617 1560171 1000000 1366101 878308 710362 489240

0 1926 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 2002 2014

10/12 Dynamic of the Number of Population According to the CSEM Censuses of 1926 - 2014*

Azeris Armenians Russians Ossetians Greeks 500000

442916 452309 448000 450000 437211 415013

400000 407886 396694 341172 350000 371608

300000 307018 308684 307556 284761 255678 250000 248929 217758 233024 188058 200000 153600 137921 160497 164055 168102 150000 150185 147677 141178 113298 100000 100324 96085 89246 95105 67671 84636 72938 50000 54051 38028 26453 15166 14385 0 5544 1926 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 2002 2014

* Selected ethnic groups are presented on this slide 11/12 Centre for the Studies of Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CSEM) is an independent research institution specialized in the field of inter-ethnic relations and diversity management.

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